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Home repair companies in Kittitas County, WA

How Kittitas County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #695 of 2,057 scored counties
#19 of 31 scored counties in Washington

Listings
20
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
48
−2.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$55.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,790 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.0
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
48,803
+4.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 20 home repair companies in Kittitas County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.0, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Kittitas County spend about $55.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,790 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per company, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 48 businesses with payroll in Kittitas County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 417 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kittitas County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Kittitas County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #695 of 2,057 scored counties and #19 of 31 scored counties in Washington.

How Kittitas County compares

The same measures for Washington and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the home repair companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Home repair trades in Kittitas County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureKittitas CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.011.012.4
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment417570587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.0%+10.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,790$3,196$3,018
Median household income$73,804$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score5768

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
49 → 48−2.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
309
Annual payroll, 2023
$21.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
200 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Kittitas County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Kittitas County

Population, 2025 estimate
48,803+4.2% since 2020
Households
19,993
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
2,297 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$73,804+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,663
Median home value
$497,400
Jobs located here
18,312
Daytime population
44,464Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Washington

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The highest-scoring counties in Washington for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Washington, with Kittitas County marked.

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1King County, WA848428.9$4.1M+3.1%#21 of 2,057
2Stevens County, WA80115.7$4.7M+6.6%#44 of 2,057
3Mason County, WA73249.2$3.1M+7.8%#144 of 2,057
4Pacific County, WA7198.2$3.2M+3.6%#188 of 2,057
5Grant County, WA70257.1$3.8M+6.3%#206 of 2,057
6Grays Harbor County, WA70227.2$3.5M+3.0%#208 of 2,057
7Jefferson County, WA6995.5$5M+2.7%#224 of 2,057
8Whatcom County, WA67919.7$3M+3.9%#297 of 2,057
9Kitsap County, WA6712611.6$2.8M+2.7%#304 of 2,057
10Benton County, WA668611.0$2.7M+6.9%#337 of 2,057
19Kittitas County, WA572010.0$2.8M+4.2%#695 of 2,057

Other business types in Kittitas County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Kittitas County, WA?

Kittitas County has 20 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Kittitas County, WA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $55.8M a year, or $2,790 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,993 households in Kittitas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kittitas County, WA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Kittitas County has 10.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.8M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Kittitas County would have about 23, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 417 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Kittitas County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Kittitas County at 48,803 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,993 households. Median household income in Kittitas County is $73,804, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Kittitas County scores 57 for home repair companies (upper middle), #695 of 2,057 scored counties.

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